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Picture Book: Phallus Rock, Chengde, August 2005.

Phallus rock, near Chengde, about 50 meters high, see persons for scale on the right/second picture.

A spell of nature, a phallus rock. It is located near Chengde, 200 km NE of Beijing. This is also the location of a famous, but little visited summer palace of the Chineze Emperors. The Chinese consider it a fetility symbol and it is visited by young couples.

Young girl, walking up to the rock.

In Chengde there is also a smaller copy of the Potala Palace of Lhasa and this has been nicknamed the "Little Potala Palace".

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The Putuo Zongcheng Temple of Chengde, built in the 18th century during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. After Wiki.

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